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Laurier appoints two new inter-faculty associate deans

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Aug 22/13

Kathryn Carter and Lauren
Eisler have been appointed to two new inter-faculty associate dean positions
responsible for academic coordination and academic development, respectively.
These new positions were created at Laurier Brantford to provide support for the
transition to a multi-Faculty campus and the multi-campus organizational
structure. The Faculty of Liberal Arts and the Faculty of Human and Social
Sciences were established at Laurier Brantford in July.

Carter’s main
responsibilities include: overseeing the academic advising unit at Laurier
Brantford; integrating new academic policies & procedures as required for
multi-faculty operations at Laurier Brantford; and providing leadership in coordinating
curriculum offerings at Laurier Brantford among the faculties, particularly in
support of the Brantford Foundations program. The associate dean, academic coordination
will also be the primary liaison among the associate deans of the undergraduate
programs offered in Brantford for issues relating to curriculum and scheduling
coordination and associated development of academic policies.

Eisler will focus on
supporting the development of new programs and curriculum (undergraduate and
graduate) to be offered at Laurier’s Brantford campus, including programs
developed in collaboration with faculties in Waterloo and Kitchener. As appropriate, she will support the offering
of courses and/or programs originating at Brantford at other Laurier
locations. The associate dean, academic development
will supervise the coordinator, academic program support to ensure
synchronization of new program planning in Brantford. To facilitate program expansion and
development at Laurier Brantford, the position will work closely with: chairs,
program coordinators, associate deans, deans; the manager, academic development
and program review; and external partners, including other universities and
colleges.

“I am thrilled that two such
accomplished and dedicated faculty members, both of whom have provided
extensive leadership and support to the Brantford campus and the university,
will be taking on these roles,” said Deb MacLatchy, vice-president: academic
& provost. “I look forward to working with Kate and Lauren to further
develop and integrate the Brantford campus’s academic programs and program
supports.”

Carter joined Laurier
Branford in 2000 as a faculty member in the contemporary studies program, and
has served as program coordinator for English, as well as acting dean at the
Brantford campus. Most recently, she was the associate dean prior to the
creation of two faculties in Brantford.

Eisler joined the criminology
program in 2004, and has served as program coordinator for both Criminology and
Law and Society. She assumed the role of assistant dean, program development in
January 2011.

Carter and Eisler will report
directly to the vice-president: academic as they will have both multi-faculty
and multi-campus responsibilities to integrate activities among faculties
operating in Brantford, Kitchener and Waterloo. An associate dean position at Laurier reporting to the vice-president: academic
is not unique to Laurier Brantford; this reporting relationship has been in
place with the associate dean for the School of International Policy and
Governance (SIPG) since 2009 as a result of the inter-faculty,
inter-institutional, and interdisciplinary nature of the SIPG, which is associated
with the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

These are three-year
appointments, during which time the incumbents will be expected to develop the positions
and their responsibilities in alignment with the academic priorities and of the
university and the university’s academic plan. It is expected that both
positions will evolve as the transition to a multi-faculty campus at Laurier
Brantford advances.